Thermal effects on weld and unweld tensile properties of injection moulded short glass fibre reinforced ABS composites

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 688-697

  Hashemi, S ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Polymer composites; Temperature; Weldline

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649976313     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2007.94     Document Type: Article

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